So, I get a 2 TB HDD for Christmas.
>mfw
Eager to connect it, I dig through my collection of cables. I find a SATA data cable, but no Molex --> SATA power cable converter to connect to my old-ass Pentium 4. Reluctantly I go to Amazon.com and buy a Molex --> 2 SATA power splitter for less than two bucks.
>mfw
One week later (today) I get the thing in the mail (I also ordered a component cable for my Wii, yay 480p), take out all my disk drives, format the new one, plug in the 160 GB drive I am retiring to Sneakernet duty in my enclosure, and move all the contents.
>mfw
I shut down, plug my other 1.5 TB drive in, start up, and it doesn't show up. Not even in Disk Management. I shut down, thinking maybe if I switch which SATA ports the 1.5 TB and 2 TB disks are plugged into, I could make some progress. I unplug the cable from the 2 TB drive (which showed up) and look at it to see that a huge plastic flake just broke off the connector leaving it unable to stay in place.
>mfw
Now thoroughly pissed, I plug in my hot glue gun to warm up. In the meantime, I boot up with just the system drive (thanks TX!) and 1.5er. Both work just fine. I ghetto glue the piece on, drink a glass of apple juice to celebrate the new year, and switch the SATA ports as I planned. The BIOS shows both drives detected, as before.
>mfw
Only for the exact same bullshit to reoccur. No trace of the 1.5er with the 2er in.
>mfw
I just ordered a two pack of SATA cables from Amazon for a buck, but I have no idea what causes only the 2 TB drive to register to the operating system even when the 1.5 TB drive is plugged in too.